The California Building Standards Law provides for the adoption of building standards by state agencies by requiring all state agencies that adopt or propose adoption of any building standard to submit the building standard to the California Building Standards Commission for approval and adoption. In the absence of a designated state agency, the commission is required to adopt specific building standards, as prescribed. Existing law requires the commission to publish, or cause to be published, editions of the code in its entirety once every 3 years. This bill would require the commission, as a part of the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code adopted after January 1, 2014, to adopt building standards for the construction, installation, and alteration of electric vehicle charging stations for parking spaces in single-family residential real property, in accordance with prescribed requirements.
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Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate community care facilities, including social rehabilitation facilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes a community care facility to provide incidental medical services, as specified. A violation of community care facility provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would prohibit a licensed social rehabilitation facility from employing more than one licensed physician or surgeon or registered nurse for every 6 patients. This bill would provide that medical services provided by a social rehabilitation facility that employs more than one licensed physician or surgeon or registered nurse for every 6 patients shall not be considered incidental medical services. This bill would presume excessive a rate charged by a social rehabilitation facility that is more than 150% of the rate the state pays for similar services, and require the department to investigate complaints of excessive rates. This bill would require the department to issue an order to a facility charging excessive rates that requires the facility to reduce its rate to an amount that is no longer excessive, as determined by the department, or justify its rate at a hearing, as specified, after which the department would issue an order determining a reasonable rate the facility may charge. By expanding the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
This measure would call upon all Californians to observe César Chávez's birthday, March 31, as a day of public service, to recognize the hard work and self-sacrifice that farmworkers go through to feed all the families in our state, and to learn from César Chávez's life and his mission of nonviolence, social justice, and selfless service to others.
This measure would designate the month of November 2012 as California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month and would recognize the need for individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local governments, and the state to take action on behalf of runaway and homeless youth in California.
This measure would proclaim California as a Purple Heart State, honoring the service and sacrifices of our nation's men and women in uniform wounded or killed by the enemy while serving to protect the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans.
This measure would proclaim April 15 through April 22, 2012, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and would urge Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.
(1) Existing law requires the Department of General Services to offer for sale land that is declared excess or is declared surplus by the Legislature, and that is not needed by any state agency, to local agencies and private entities and individuals, subject to specified conditions. This bill would authorize the Director of General Services to sell or lease, as specified, land identified as Parcel 1, consisting of approximately 6.2 acres, in Torrance, California. (2) The California Constitution provides that the proceeds from the sale of surplus state property be used to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued pursuant to the Economic Recovery Bond Act until the principal and interest on those bonds are fully paid, after which these proceeds are required to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Existing law requires that the net proceeds received from any real property disposition be paid into the Deficit Recovery Bond Retirement Sinking Fund Subaccount, a continuously appropriated fund, until the bonds issued pursuant to the act are retired. By increasing the amount of special fund moneys transferred into a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
Existing law provides that an involuntary deposit is made by the delivery to, picking up by, or holding of, a stray live animal by any person or entity. Under existing law, any person or private entity with whom a live animal is involuntarily deposited must immediately notify animal control officials for the purpose of retrieving the animal, as specified. This bill would instead provide that when a person or private entity finds a stray live animal, the finder must immediately notify the owner if the owner's identity is reasonably ascertainable. The bill would require the finder to promptly bring the animal to an animal control agency or humane society for inspection if the finder cannot notify the owner. If the agency cannot identify the animal's owner and the finder wishes to become the animal's owner, the bill would permit the finder to retain possession of the animal for 14 days, after which legal title would vest in the finder unless the animal's owner has notified the agency or finder of his or her intent to reclaim the animal. The bill would require a finder to microchip, vaccinate, and spay or neuter the animal within 14 days of receiving legal title, with certain exceptions, and would make a finder's failure to comply with this provision an infraction punishable by a fine of $250. The bill also would permit the prior owner to file a petition to regain ownership of the animal within 6 months of legal title having vested in the finder, and would require the superior court to hold a hearing at which the prior owner could regain ownership if he or she demonstrates good cause, as defined, for failing to claim ownership during the initial 14-day holding period. By increasing the duties of local animal control agencies and humane societies and by creating a new infraction, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.
This measure would respectfully request Congress and the Department of Defense to remain committed to maintaining the 144th Fighter Wing and the Aerospace Control Alert mission in California in order to prevent any negative impacts to Southwest air defense operations, the California economy, and the ability of first responders to protect the residents of this state.